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ACLU's Memo to Interested Persons on the Civil Liberties Record of Designate Michael Chertoff (01/28/2005)

Letter to Senate Urging Alberto Gonzales To Appoint Outside Special Counsel (01/28/2005)
Letter demanding Gonzales appoint outside special counsel for torture investigation/prosecution of civilians.

Anthony D. Romero's Letter To President Bush Regarding Detainee Abuse (12/19/2004)
Letter to President Bush asking him to "confirm or deny" that he issued an Executive Order permitting abusive interrogation practices that was referenced in an FBI e-mail.

Anthony D. Romero's Letter To President George W. Bush Regarding Detainee Abuse (12/19/2004)
Letter to President Bush asking him to "confirm or deny" that he issued an Executive Order permitting abusive interrogation practices that was referenced in an FBI e-mail.

ACLU Letter to Rep. Rush Holt on H.R. 4951, Requiring Videotaping of Interrogations of Enemy Prisoners (11/09/2004)

ACLU - Cuban American National Foundation Joint Statement Urging Conferees to Reject Anti-Immigrant Provisions in the Intelligence Reform Legislation (10/20/2004)

An Open Letter to the Conference Committee on Intelligence Reform: Remove National ID-Related Provisions Now! (10/19/2004)

Court-Stripping and Anti-Immigrant Provisions in H.R. 10 (As Passed by House) (10/13/2004)

ACLU Statement Submitted by Timothy Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Citizen's Forum on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties After September 11, 2001 Before Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee (10/13/2004)

"Patriot Act II" Provisions in H.R. 10 (As Passed by House) (10/13/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter To Senate Judiciary Committee Raising Concerns About S.Res. 445, the McConnell-Reid Senate Intelligence and Homeland Security Oversight Reform Proposal (10/07/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to the House Opposing Amendment 13 (Hostettler 47) to H.R. 10 (10/07/2004)

Coalition Sign-on Letter to the House Expressing Support of Rep. Chris Smith's Amendments to Strike Sections 3006 and 3007 from H.R. 10, The House Intelligence Reorganization bill (10/07/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Senators to Vote Either in Favor of or Against Certain Amendments to S. 2845, the "National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004" (10/06/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Senators to Reject the the Kyl Amendment (No. 3801) to S. 2845, the Collins-Lieberman bill (10/04/2004)

ACLU Letter Urging Senators to Postpone Consideration of the Collins-Lieberman bill S. 2845, the National Intelligence Reform Act, until after the Presidential Election (09/29/2004)